Electrical connector.



UNITED- sfrATEs PATENT' s YnNEY-B. JERK'INS, or CLEVELAND, orne,` AssIGNoE oEoNE-HALF 'ro anni; Winnen, I

` or CLEVELAND, oH'Io.

` .ELEcrEreALfpoNNECToE.

-sppemeanon ofriet'erelagtent. Patented .-Jan.- 25, 1910,

Application mea september 2, 1aos, serial No. 451,307. """'nmd June as, '1909, serial No.- soaon.

To? oll'whom 'it-may concern: 1 v Ber it known that I, SYDNEY B. PERKINS, a citizen of; the United States, residing at Cleveland, in thuecou'nty of Cuyahoga and 'State of` Ohio, have inven'ted certain 'new anduseul Improvements in Electrical ConT nectors, of Whichthe following is a specication.

nectors `and has 'special reference to a device which is" ap licable to a storage battery or 'thankeps I' :An Object ofth ,invention is to construct 'a device of this e, fracter'vvhich' will rigidly sition and Will form a,

secure the Wire i h.' s her- Qbiee. of this -cliaracterwhich is slmple in constrncjti i 'and comprises but. eyvfA parts so thattlie re-niayrbe quicklyEand easily at-V tached {"'detached from, the same.

Other" objects and advantages. will be4 api parent from-the following description and4 v-it will be understood vthat changesin the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope, of theclaim -Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of thiy specication, and in which like numerals'of reference indicatev similar parts in the sew..

eral views, Figure l is a side elevation of a connector supported upon a; metallic base,

lFig. 2 is an edge elevation of the saine, Fig. 31s atop plan View, Fig. 4 1s avertlcal sec-v` tion ofthe connector. Referringto the dra\v1ngs,.10 designates a base upon which the connector 1s mounted #which is formed of an electric conductingl substance and which carries uponits upper face a bolt ll which is longitudinally and diametrically recessed to forni two sections '1 2and 13 which are adapted to be' forced into engagement with -one another for'the purpose of securing a Wire 14 rigidly in posit-ion. Thev bolt l1 is soldered or otherwise permanently secured tothe base 10 so thatl this invention isl al 1 'the sections 12 and 13 are vtensollallyA held has'a flaredprtion 16 .about its lower' ed `e is engaged 'over the uppeiextrernityjof tie bolt 11 and' fed downwardlyupon the same i by its engagementwith the. threads upon This'inventionrelates to electrical con--` the outer facejof the bolt 11..' The upper enk 'trenity .of the sleevev 15 sllanged to 'form ,an angular engaging surface to receive 'a I the Same, to the base 1 0. The Wire 14 is in -sorted in the, recess intermediately4 formed in the 'b010`11 is forced downwardly ber.

tween the s'etinis, l2 and 13 'until the saine has: been. seo'nrely wedged therebetween when the collar'vor sleevelvisplaced upon the'upper end of the bolt" 1L nd fed doivn Wardly thereon to co1npress1-he sections l2 'and' 13 and to rigidly pinge .the Wire.

therebetween.

lVhat is clai1ne'd.is: I 'Aconnector of the class 4described com;

" prising a two-.section externally threaded bolt, each of said 'sections having a semi circularly formed recess or groove disposed transversely upon thelnner face thereof 1n `registration with the opposite selnic-irc'ul'211;'

recess upon the opposite section, acollar in-- tcrnally .threaded "for engagement about sald bolt, a 'flared lowery extremity on said collar and an angular flanged port-ion disposed npon the upper extremity vof said collar.

In testimony whereof I aiiix-my signature, in presence of; two Witnesses.

SYDNElT B. PERKINS.

lVitnesses L J. MILLER,

A. AJ. NICHOLAS. 

